Built on 12.75 acres, City Hall originally had:

  •    816,900 square feet of space
  •    1100 offices and auxiliary rooms
  •    parking spaces for 2400 cars

Over almost four years of construction, City Hall used:

  •    91,000 cubic yards of concrete
  •    9,000 tons of reinforcing steel
  •    94,000 square feet of glass
  •    170,000 square feet of precast marble panels
  •    20,000 tons of precast concrete panels
  •    190 miles of wiring
  •    11,000 light fixtures
  •    8½ miles of snow-melting cables

 

Excavation of City Hall basement on vacant lot
City Hall under construction
May 15, 1962
Photographer: Panda Associates
City of Toronto Archives, Series 1318, File 2, Item 301
Concrete forms for City Hall's round Council Chamber
City Hall under construction
August 16, 1963
Photographer: Panda Associates
City of Toronto Archives, Series 1318, File 3, Item 389

 

City Hall under construction seen from the air, with only a few storeys and part of the central rotunda built
City Hall under construction
July 22, 1963
Photographer: Panda Associates
City of Toronto Archives, Series 1318, File 3, Item 380

 

Nathan Phillips Square and reflecting pool under construction showing pillars for underground parking garage
City Hall under construction
November 25, 1963
Photographer: Panda Associates
City of Toronto Archives, Series 1318, File 3, Item 410
Looking up at round Council Chamber and surrounding towers under construction
City Hall under construction
April 16, 1964
Photographer: Panda Associates
City of Toronto Archives, Series 1318, File 4, Item 446

 

City Hall and Nathan Phillips Square under construction as seen from the air from the south, towers mostly completed
City Hall under construction
June 22, 1964
Photographer: Panda Associates
City of Toronto Archives, Series 1318, File 4, Item 460

 

Page 1 of pamphlet on construction of New City Hall
Page 2 of pamphlet on construction of New City Hall

Sidewalk Superintendent’s Report No. 1
[between 1959 and 1965]
City of Toronto Archives, Series 1232

 

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